Aaron Judge ties Babe Ruth with iconic 60th home run in a season

"We may never see this again", "This is quite possibly the greatest offensive season of all time" - New York Yankees fans ecstatic as Aaron Judge ties Babe Ruth with iconic 60th home run this season

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Aaron Judge made history Tuesday night as he crushed his 60th home run of the season, tying the all-time great Babe Ruth. Judge is now the third New York Yankees hitter to ever reach 60 home runs over the course of a season. Tying Ruth at 60, he is just one home run shy of tying Roger Maris as the other Yankee-great to do so.

Maris holds the franchise and American League record of 61 home runs in a season.

Judge stepped up to the plate in the ninth inning with his team down 8-4. He was 0-3 up to this point, and all hope seemed to be lost among Yankees fans. Judge worked his way to a 3-1 count and got a pitch that he liked and crushed it to left field.

Fans witnessed history with that swing. The Yankees have 15 more games left in the regular season. Judge has the opportunity to crush Maris' record of 61 home runs. The season Judge is having on a contract year is incredible.

Aaron Judge is proving to be the best player in the league. With 20 more home runs than anyone else in the league, Judge is on another planet right now. It will be hard for anyone not to vote him MVP over Shohei Ohtani.

Judge's ninth-inning home run seemed to bring life to the New York offense. After Judge, Anthony Rizzo doubled, Gleybar Torres walked and Josh Donaldson singled to load the bases for Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton hit a walk-off grand slam to win the game 9-8 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

It was just an insane ending to a historic game. The win against the Pirates moved the Yankees to 89-58. They hold a 5.5 game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays for first place in the AL East.

Aaron Judge's 60th home run should distance him in the MVP race

The MVP race is undoubtedly between Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani is having a better year than when he won the MVP in 2021. He already has 40 more strikeouts than he did last year with a couple of weeks left in the season. His batting average is also up from last year.

Aaron Judge, on the other hand, is chasing history. He's dominating the league offensively and leads the league in home runs, RBIs and on-base plus slugging percentage. He is a big reason why the Yankees are leading their division and look like a World Series contender. If Judge breaks Roger Maris' record, the league will have no choice but to award him the MVP.

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Jared "Bloomy" Bloom is a journalist covering Major League Baseball at Sportskeeda and a former college baseball pitcher from Illinois, who just graduated with a Master's degree in Sport Psychology.

A writer with over 3 years of experience, Jared is consistently more concerned with quality than quantity, thoroughly checking multiple sources of information, and prides himself in being knowledgeable not just about MLB, but the game of baseball in general. He loves breaking down plays and game-changing moments, as well as looking closer into players' statistics.

Jared is a die-hard Chicago White Sox fan, and one of his earliest memories is seeing his great-grandfather, a huge Sox fan, in his rocking chair watching a game. Jared started playing from the age of 5 with his grandfather coaching him early on.

Jared loved Tim Lincecum for his quirky delivery and looked up to him as a role model when playing. His current favorite is Phillies star Bryce Harper, an exciting player who doesn't let injuries hold him back. Jared's favorite sports moment is Mark Buehrle's opening day between-the-legs glove flip to first base in 2010.

When he is not watching or writing about baseball, Jared can be found racing BMX at his local Rockford BMX track or coaching his local youth travel baseball team.

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